Isaac Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 so im at my neighbors house, and i notice his tank is.... lets say struggling yes? struggling. "dude, let me test your water" it went off the API scale in under 30 secs (its a 5 min test). So we know, at a bare min, 200, factoring delays and titration of a normal test... its probably like 600-800. but i digress. "me: you have any salt?" "him: i have this bucket" "me: still got that barrel?" "him: yea" "me: pull it out, ill go get my smaller barrels" 90ish gallon water change on a 160 w/ liverock.... so 60-70%? 1hr on mix, 40 mins for the water change.... I made my 9pm conf call at work. farg im exhausted. oh yea, his skimmer was dead.. like dead dead.. so not he has my old skimmer too *lol* anyone got some bourbon? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 90mins after the change, nitrate 60ish. we calculated it to be about 75% water change. so.. original off the chart test was around 240-250 w/ these numbers. crazy man, CRAZY. test again in the morning, may start his fish drinking everclear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 anyone use glycerin in the bubble counter? im tired of the evap refills. is it just plain veggie glycerin 99.9% USP (ie the type i use in my cig juice?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Just have water in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltwater snoopy Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 wow thats some hard core build , very cool Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 my main 5lb 10lb co2 tank ran out tonight... lasted 18mo. luckily i picked up a 2.5lb 5lb along the way as a backup... where do people get co2 refills? (not sure i want a swap, this one is tagged food grade which might be glass lined) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I too would like to know where to refill versus swap. If you find out please post Isaac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 You can refill at Austin Home Brew and AirGas. You'll have to leave it at AirGas though and come back the next day usually to pick up. Homebrew can usually fill while you wait if they aren't crazy busy. Just make sure you tell AirGas that you want to refill and not exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I use austin home brew as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 my 10# tank is stamped 2011, austin home brew woudlnt refill it w/o a new sticker. aside from AAA, do you know who does the recertifications or would swap a food grade tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 AirGas will recert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 +10000 Airgas.... ended up being an airgos bottle, no recert, just a swap. $30. I know its more than some otehr places, but factor in no recert, onhand swaps, etc... well worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Small update on my neighbors mojano/aiptasia/bubble algae overrun tank.... Today was quarantine & nuke day! we pulled all the remaining rock out, fragged off anything we wanted to keep. rock will be acidwashed/dried. The first batch of acidwash rock is ready to cycle.... but we need a place to cycle it! so we nuked the DT, gonna clean it out in a week, cycle in place. 50g holding tank... 160 (or 180 cant remember) display tank w/ a full bag of kalk (pickling lime from wallyworld) His house is gonna stiiiiiiiiiiiiink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Help a noob out - what's going on in this pic? 160 (or 180 cant remember) display tank w/ a full bag of kalk (pickling lime from wallyworld) 20170115_201431 (Medium).jpg His house is gonna stiiiiiiiiiiiiink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I think it's a nuclear event Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 My guess is that dumping a bag of pickling lime in there is loosening up all the crap stuck to the glass so he can clean it nice and shiny for the re-stock. Am I close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsalt Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 My guess is that dumping a bag of pickling lime in there is loosening up all the crap stuck to the glass so he can clean it nice and shiny for the re-stock. Am I close? Why didn't he just go with straight vinegar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Why are you asking me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 i found raising the overall pH to not be as.... evasive as lowering the overall pH. The idea was to kill off all the aiptasia/mojano/bubble algae. If after a week there's anything left, we go the vinegar route.... after a water-change of course I'm not so worried about the stuff you can see and manually clean. im worried about the stuff you CANT see and/or get to. also, the bag was like 3 bux. to make the pH swing this much w/ vinegar... probably 5-7 bux *lol* either way would work, end goal is nuke the tank.. soften things up to scrape, clean it, re-set the tank new, start some acidwashed rock cycling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 on a slightly diff note.... asterina farming... Free coral banded live food!!!! who wants it all? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 new forum software test test test test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 I started a thread for my neighbor, so we dont piggyback mine anymore http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/38107-divekams-175g-rebuild/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 uuuuggghhhh.... so when the outside temp gets under 40-45ish, my backup heater has to kick in and help. well, lastnight it didnt: outdoor temp: And i slept through the annoying "flashpoint" alarm (flashpoint was a cop show filmed in canada, eh, and their "new call" siren was kinda annoying). Sailfin tang did NOT like this, was floating stuck to the overflow. RIP sailfin. (now you can see why i make my own graphs, more detailed!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Sorry to hear that Isaac, I hate losing fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 i really liked him... he had very unique scarring from surviving an angel fight last year... almost looked like dimples. problem I have now is... i cant really add anything else because of the 3 angels, the maroon clown and skunk clown. its literally like a coldwar standoff in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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